Omar Abdullah Takes Oath As J&K CM, No Congress In 5 Member Cabinet
Srinagar/Hyderabad, Oct 16 (Maxim News): National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah, on Wednesday, took oath as the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. With this, he became the first CM of the J&K UT which lost its statehood after the reorganization and the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Singh administered the oath of office to Omar Abdullah at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar.
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Along with him, five MLAs, including an independent, took oath as Cabinet Ministers while there was no Congress representation in the new government. The Independent MLA who took oath as the minister is Satish Sharma. He defeated former Deputy CM and senior Congress leader, Tara Chand from the Chhamb Assembly seat in the Jammu district.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, CPI leader D. Raja, and others attended the ceremony. (Maxim News)
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